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chauvinism

[shoh-vuh-niz-uhm] / ˈʃoʊ vəˌnɪz əm /
NOUN
extreme devotion to a belief or nation
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
unbias


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Brie Larson produces and stars in “Lessons in Chemistry” as a scientist who, faced with the chauvinism of 1950s society, channels her passions into a TV cooking show that stirs science into her recipes.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2023

Her and Cole’s victory over chauvinism is certainly admirable.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2023

It was precisely that granular aspect of Torvald’s chauvinism that Moayed wanted to explore.

From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2023

She grew up in Houston and couldn't appeal to rural chauvinism to escape police clutches.

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2022

It says something about our century, our attitude toward life, our obsession with disease and death, our human chauvinism.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas